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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (edição: 2020)

de James Nestor (Autor)

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Health & Fitness. Science. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020
Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR
 
??A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe??and how we??ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.? ??Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you??re not breathing properly.

There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.
Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren??t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe.
Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is.
Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never
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Título:Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Autores:James Nestor (Autor)
Informação:Riverhead Books (2020), 304 pages
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art de James Nestor

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    The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter de Patrick McKeown (caimanjosh)
    caimanjosh: Both works delve heavily into the science of breathing. McKeown's book is heavily based on Buteyko's work and goes into much detail on it; Nestor's is more wide-ranging. I'd highly recommend both.
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    Chasing the sun: the new science of sunlight and how it shapes our bodies and minds de Linda Geddes (WendyRobyn)
    WendyRobyn: Different topic. Same sense of wonder, same useful applicability to health and wellbeing.
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This book feels very much like a late night infomercial, that it’s trying to sell you something. And it is, in a way, just not something you really have to pay for.

Many of the claims seem outlandish, bordering on ridiculous. Breathing can cure emphysema, make you hot when it’s cold, make you cool when it’s sweltering, make you not need to eat or drink for long periods.

Additionally, the information seems disjointed; is it oxygen or carbon dioxide that’s most important? This book seems to think both depending on where in the story you are. Bone structure of animals seems to change drastically in a matter of months, which feels a little odd.

All that said, breathing is one of the most important things we as living creatures do, so learning about it is important, and if nothing else, this book has made me consider more how I’m breathing, which is almost certainly a good thing. ( )
  gms8994 | Mar 10, 2024 |
Very good material but frustrating in that the author sets up a tease and then rarely if ever dives into the details. We are left in a bit of a wild chase around different places to try to unveil the mysteries of breath but no substance in conclusion.

I have personally read various texts in breathing in the last year and have gathered more specific understanding than what the author finds in his ten years... Which to me suggests the author is really mostly trying to tell an interesting story as much as inform us on the depth of this field.

Exception to this is the final chapter where some exercises are explained in good detail.

But it is a fun book and yes, breathe with your nose can alleviate many problems. ( )
  yates9 | Feb 28, 2024 |
good science, mediocre storytelling ( )
  farrhon | Jan 22, 2024 |
Very interesting exploration of breath and breathing and why we have a hard time doing it right. ( )
  dmolson | Jan 12, 2024 |
The book is specifically about breathing--evolutionary history, biology, how it affects the body, and the impact on health, mental wellness, cognitive performance, sport/physical performance, etc. Also covers several breathing practices ranging from yogi and ancient practices to modern scientific applications. You'll learn:
• How breathing works, and how human evolution and lifestyle changes have led to physiological changes with implications for how we breathe.
• Details of research studies and their findings on breathing's impact on health and disease, cognitive and physical performance, well-being and longevity.
• Specific recommendations, techniques, and tips for optimal breathing, including: how to breathe more efficiently, leverage optimal levels of carbon dioxide, shift your posture and reshape your face/jaw for better airflow, and adopt a range of ancient and modern breathing practices (Buteyko method, breath-holding, Tummo technique, Wim Hof method, Breathwork, etc.)

Book summary at: https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-breath-james-nestor/ ( )
  AngelaLamHF | Nov 1, 2023 |
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Health & Fitness. Science. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020
Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR
 
??A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe??and how we??ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.? ??Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you??re not breathing properly.

There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.
Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren??t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe.
Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is.
Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never

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